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The Cardinals have traced one exposure back to Milwaukee and one of the other positive tests weaves back to the concerns coming out of Minneapolis. The Cardinals believe the initial contact that introduced the virus to their clubhouse came in St. Louis before the team's road trip. As a result of this past weekend's outbreak, the Cardinals did enact additional measures of protection that included increased use of masks at the ballpark and clearer guidelines on physical distancing and contact. Many players wore masks on the field when they were doing everything but pitching or hitting, and for the first time all players also wore masks during Zoom interviews with the media. Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said of the team: "We probably won't hardly interact at all." STLtoday.com

No numbers or statistics will be convincing. Neither will election results in November, for 1/4th or even 1/3rd the country. It’s the world we live in now. Debate/discussion is pretty much pointless. Everyone has already chose their respective sides of this argument months if not years ago.

Going with Drew Anderson...

They already said they weren't going to Dunning, Hahn said it earlier this week, yes?

Why would Dunning be the solution to losing Aaron Bummer, one of the five best lefty set-up guys in baseball?

8-6, only need to go 22-24. 7 against KCR, 10 against Detroit, 4 vs. PITT Let's say 4-3 or 5-2, 7-3 and 3-1. (14-7 or 15-6) 22-13 or 23-12......so simply need to go 8-17 or 7-18 in the other 25 games

Jace Fry, you just became increasingly important again... JESUS, like a M.A.S.H. Unit, and we're barely two weeks into the season.

What happened to him? Just said injury delay in field, but no update.

WHERE DID OUR OFFENSE GO? Third time the Indians shut out in first 15...they just had two consecutive shutouts against the REDS, as well. REBUILD WIN, Cease struggled with his control but managed to avoid the big hit with RISP the entire night, as did the bullpen from front to back end.

Well, an ugly game, but it turned out okay in the end. Abreu not winning himself any new converts tonight, that's for sure.

Well, an ugly game, but it turned out okay in the end. Abreu not winning himself any new fans tonight, that's for sure.

Great. Now Moncada's favoring his ankle or foot. Greg absolutely hates it when the dreaded shift takes the hit away up the middle, haha.

DIVINING ROD...

NO FREAKIN' WAY THAT WAS A BALL. Poetic justice, Mendick steals the hit against Hernandez after he was struck out already.

Jamie Moyer SLIDER SPEED BAT. Or Fat-o-lo Colon. Well, that's 0/11 now for Collins. Welcome Thad Bosley, and your 39+ years of Sox support under the Jerry Reinsdorf Regime.

Rifled into CF by Mendick, who's having a very nice week so far.

That was INSIDE....to Leury, it had some comeback tail, but still. Oh, well, fine, faster game as long as it's called that way for both teams. Ton of movement on his pitches...movement >>> VELO.

Indians had scored 19 consecutive runs against CINCY, 23 inning scoreless streak for the pitchers until that first inning run.

Nice pick by the kid down the 1b line....put him in LF!!! Strike 2, he went. Another 0-2 count. Put him away. Just inside, couldn't get the frame. Great play by Yoan, didn't even bother trying to go home, knew he had a slow runner in Leon (probably from his Boston days together with him.)

What did that dude say? Something snarky? First 0-2 count on the night for Cease. Mercado scuffling. Pure filth on the black. NASTY.

Well, there goes the REBUILD. LOL. Joking. I remember back in the day watching Glavine, Avery and Smoltz all struggle their first few seasons in the big leagues. Then everything suddenly clicked, together.

Cease needs to fix his fastball mechanics. Keeps yanking it to the left. Pulling across his body a bit. Can't pitch from behind or 3-2 against MLB hitters and survive, even at 97-99.

If we end up trading Vaughn to keep Grandpa Abreu around.... Can't keep putting the leadoff hitter on base every inning. Just trust your stuff and throw it across the damned plate. Reyes has MASSIVE power.

The way things have been going, you didn't expect to score one...now hitting under .100 with RISP over the last 2+ games.

Really wish Moncada was a little bit more aggressive on the basepaths....might have been able to get to 2nd base and avoid the DP ball situation. That said, it's also likely to get him injured with all his hammy problems the last 2-3 years.